Which poetic devices used in the first paragraph of the poem amanda?
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Answer- 'Amanda' is a poem written by 'Robin Klein' depicting the habits of a young girl, Amanda who wants to live a life freely and doesn't want her mother to scold her.
First paragraph of the poem is as follows:
''Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!''
Meaning: Amanda's mother instructs her not to bite her nails, hunch her shoulders and tells her to sit straight and avoid drooping.
Literary Devices:
1. Anaphora: Anaphora is a literary device which shows the start of 2 or more lines of a stanza as a same word or words. In the above stanza, 'Don't' has been repeated in first and second line.
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
2. Alliteration: Alliteration is a poetic device which shows the occurrence of a same letter in close words in any line of stanza.
Stop that slouching and sit up straight
Here, the letter 's' shows alliteration.
Hence, there are 2 poetic devices in the first paragraph of poem 'Amanda'.
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the literary devices used in the poem 'Amanda'